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8 salary-saving cuts Cardinals can make (although some make no sense)

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The Arizona Cardinals have limited salary cap space at the moment. According to the NFLPA website as of Wednesday afternoon, the Cardinals had under $6.3 million in cap space. They gain more than $1 million more in space with the release of receiver Kevin White.

However, with pressing needs on the defensive and offensive lines, the Cardinals don’t have a lot of money to work with.

Appearing on Fox Sports 910, Arizona Republic beat writer Bob McManaman suggested the Cardinals might be in a position to have to make player cuts based on freeing up salary cap space.

👀👀Some of the upcoming cuts will be upsetting to several people because the @AZCardinals need to free up some money to go help out deeper holes on the roster (i.e. D-line, WR, CB)… …there's gonna be a couple of big surprises for the fan base – @AZbobbyMac#Birdgang

With that in mind, who are the players the Cardinals could cut and save money?

Here are eight players where significant savings could be had, although several of them would make so sense.

RT Marcus Gilbert

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Gilbert could be cut and the Cardinals would save more than $4.9 million. However, he is their most talented offensive lineman and they don’t have anyone who could replace him, and signing someone capable would probably cost at least that much.

So, while it would create salary cap space, it would not make any sense.

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